Who else can benefit from biodiesel?
The reduction of our dependence of a 100% imported fuel and the introduction of a renewable technology benefits the entire country. The range of benefits include: • Growth in rural economies. • Reduced dependence on imported fuel. • Improvement in balance of trade. • Massive reduction in greenhouse emissions. • Reduction of sulphur dioxide, one of the main causes of acid rain. • Reduction of other cancer causing emissions such as benzene. • Cheaper fuel. • Biodiesel is a renewable substitute fuel for petrol diesel made from vegetable or animal fats and biomass. • It can be used in any mixture with diesel as it has very similar characteristics but it has lower exhaust emissions. • Using Biodiesel results in large reductions in overall carbon dioxide emissions and it is carbon dioxide that is a major contributor to climate change. In fact when the Biodiesel is manufactured from waste vegetable oil the fuel is almost carbon neutral i.e.
The reduction of our dependence of a 100% imported fuel and the introduction of a renewable technology benefits the entire country. The range of benefits include: • Growth in rural economies. • Reduced dependence on imported fuel. • Increased employment by adding value to agricultural commodities. • Massive reduction in greenhouse emissions. • Reduction of sulphur dioxide, one of the main causes of acid rain. • Reduction of other cancer causing emissions such as benzene.
